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I can also recommend:

  VWestlife
  This Does Not Compute
  Michael MJD
  Tech Tangents
  Janus Cycle
  LGR
  Posy
  Cathode Ray Dude

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Posy seconded. He's weird (and I'm certain he would agree), but in a fun and interesting way. The music used in his videos is composed and recorded by himself, btw.

A recommendation of mine is Bad Obsession Motorsport. Two men in a shed put a Celica engine in an Austin Mini. So far it's taken 12 years and 41 episodes. Some astonishing engineering going there.

If you're into cars, I'll also recommend "driving 4 answers". Very well researched and presented videos about engine technology.

>He's weird

He's just Dutch :)

He's very Dutch indeed. His English is also full of dutch-isms that maybe only dutch people recognize. I'm Dutch, but live in Canada. Watching his videos make me miss my home country.

Seconding Bad Obsession. Not only is their build quality outstanding, their video production efforts are top notch. Their dedication to the concept and execution of Project Binky is nothing short of amazing.

I got a little less interested in the videos once they got to the trimming out the car part. I liked when they were building the car and were doing (what seems to me) like excellent work. then they got to the dashboard and it became what ever goes. like the dashboard clock in the latest video...

I feel like some of that wonkiness (like the ridiculous clock) has to do with their drive to keep the car's feel as "80s Mini" as possible.

+ Techmoan

If the idea of just chilling out and appreciating old tech with a slick presentation sounds good to you, you might like https://youtube.com/@PosyMusic

I know it's a cliche to say a Youtuber is unique, but Posy really is quite incredible. He's certainly not the only one making videos about vintage 80s technology but his great videography, calm tone, odd manner of speech, occasional goofy humor, and beautiful custom-made audio soundtracks make for a mesmerizing presentation.

A couple more, adjacent:

Ahoy (if you like Amiga and old video games, I cannot recommend enough)

Ben Eater

Majulaar

Tantacrul

And of course Veritasium with the consistently super interesting science videos.

Majulaar's Ultima retrospective is one the highlights of my subscription feed

Ooh, nice to find someone who is following that too ahahah

Ultima Underworld is my favourite so far, that's an outstanding game.

Ahoy is essential just for how well produced their deep dive content is. The great art and music really elevate it from a "Watch something for an hour and learn some computing history" to "Have an experience for an hour"

It's a shame that Druaga1 stopped posting on YouTube because he should be on that list.

CelGenStudios and Usagi Electric are good channels for vintage computing stuff.

+1 for LGR. Also adding TechMoan to that list.

  Huygens Optics
  CuriousMarc
  Applied Science (<- not the journal)  
  clabretro
  xkcd's What If?
  optimum

Calum, LowSpecGamer, Mustard, Rhystic Studies

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